Re: imprecise pg_basebackup documentation about excluded files

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: imprecise pg_basebackup documentation about excluded files
Date: 2014-05-11 21:05:06
Message-ID: CABUevEwgO-8z1Um+OwYtSVmgHE3p+-2BL42-AFgc3x1wo_Ow3Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 3:33 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:

> The pg_basebackup documentation says that only regular files and
> directories are "allowed" in the data directory. But it is more correct
> that any other files are skipped. Attached is a patch to correct that.
> I also added a link to the protocol documentation and added more
> details there, also about pg_replslot handling. Not sure exactly how
> much detail we want to document, but it seems reasonable to make it
> complete if we provide a list at all.
>

+1. Seems good to me.

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Magnus Hagander
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